NBC HU Championships – Big Names Through To Round Of 32
Today we saw the $25k NBC Heads-Up Championships 64 of the world’s biggest and best players all locking horns. Today saw that 64 cut in half as we had 16 players playing off against each other in each suit.
The winners from each match will now have to play against other winners in their suit to see if they can make the quarter finals. There were some fantastic matches, whist we have some even better ones to look forward to in the last 32.
Spades!
Barry Greenstein Won Against Ben Lamb
John Monnette Won Against Greg Raymer
Viktor Blom Won Against Andrew Lichtenberger
Mike Matusow Won Against Michael Mizrachi
John Hennigan Won Against David Williams
Sam Simon Won Against David Oppenheim
Phil Ivey Won Against Phil Laak
Justin Bonomo Won Against Isaac Haxton
Hearts!
Joseph Cheong Won Against Olivier Busquet
Bruce Miller Won Against Jean-Robert Bellande
Phil Galfond Won Against Maria Ho
Eugene Katchalov Won Against Faraz Jaka
Justin Smith Won Against Bertrand Grospellier
Phil Hellmuth Won Against Mike Sexton
Chris Moneymaker Won Against Jason Somerville
David Sands Won Against Rob Salaburu
Clubs!
Antonio Esfandiari Won Against Jennifer Tilly
Jonathan Duhamel Won Against Matt Glantz
Chris Moorman Won Against Carlos Mortensen
Dan Cates Won Against Matt Salsberg
Vanessa Rousso Won Against Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Shaun Deeb Won Against Andy Frankenberger
Kyle Julius Won Against Andy Bloch
Scott Seiver Won Against Will Failla
Diamonds!
Tom Dwan Won Against Erik Seidel
Doyle Brunson Won Against Tom Marchese
Brian Hastings Won Against Matt Matros
Eli Elezra Won Against Nick Schulman
Joe Serock Won Against Greg Merson
Huck Seed Won Against Mohsin Charania
Gaelle Baumann Won Against Liv Boeree
Dan Smith Won Against Jason Mercier
With the field now halved at this point, it has brought us some very interesting matches in the next round. We see the old master Brunson versus the young pretender Dwan, we see the super tight Matusow versus the super aggressive Blom, and we see Britain’s best tournament player Moorman up against David “Doc” Sands.
The Rounds Of 32!
Barry Greenstein – John Monnette
Viktor Blom – Mike Matusow
Sam Simon – John Hennigan
Justin Bonomo – Phil Ivey
Joseph Cheong – Bruce Miller
Phil Galfond – Eugene Katchalov
Justin Smith – Phil Hellmuth
Chris Moneymaker – David Sands
Antonio Esfandiari vs. Jonathan Duhamel
Chris Moorman – Dan Cates
Vanessa Rousso – Shaun Deeb
Scott Seiver – Kyle Julius
Doyle Brunson – Tom Dwan
Brian Hastings – Eli Elezra
Huck Seed – Joe Serock
Dan Smith – Gaelle Baumann
We already cannot wait until tomorrow’s action, with the potential quarter final clashes looking almost as delicious as these ones.
